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Synthesis and Alignment of Silver Nanorods and Nanowires and the Formation of Pt, Pd, and Core/Shell Structures by Galvanic Exchange Directly on Surfaces Grzegorz W. Sławin´ski and Francis P. Zamborini* Department of Chemistry, UniVersity of LouisVille, LouisVille, Kentucky 40292 ReceiVed May 31, 2007. In Final Form: July 16, 2007 Here we describe the synthesis of Ag nanorods (NRs) (aspect ratio 300, and the average diameter is approximately 35 nm. Approximately 40% of the 1D structures are NRs, and 60% are NWs as defined by their ARs. We also report the alignment of Ag NRs/NWs directly on surfaces by growing the structures on amine-functionalized Si(100) surfaces after an amidation reaction with acetic acid and a method to improve the percentage of Ag NRs/NWs on the surface by removing structures of other shapes with adhesive tape. Surface-grown Ag NRs/NWs also react with salts of palladium, platinum, and gold via galvanic exchange reactions to form highsurface-area 1D structures of the corresponding metal. The combination of the seed-mediated growth of Ag on Au NRs followed by the galvanic exchange of Ag with Pd leads to interesting core/shell NRs grown directly on surfaces. We used scanning electron microscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to characterize the surface-grown nanostructures.

Introduction nanostructures1

One-dimensional (1D) have recently gained a tremendous amount of attention because of their fascinating chemistry, properties, and potential use in a wide range of electronic,2 analytical,3-5 and biomedical6 applications. Singleor multicomponent nanoscale materials composed of semiconductors, carbon, polymers, and metals show unique electronic, optical, and magnetic properties that vary with the composition, size, and shape of the nanostructure. Our research focuses on the synthesis of 1D metal nanostructures and the development of simple chemical methods for assembling,7 patterning,8 and aligning the structures,9 creating nanoscale 1D heterojunctions between different materials10,11 and forming electrical contacts with the nanostructures. Advances in these areas will lead to a better fundamental understanding of structure-function relationships within 1D materials and their use in electronics, sensing, catalysis, and electrochemical applications. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Fax: 502-8528149. E-mail: [email protected]. (1) Xia, Y.; Yang, P.; Sun, Y.; Wu, Y.; Mayers, B.; Gates, B.; Yin, Y.; Kim, F.; Yan, H. AdV. Mater. 2003, 15, 353-389. (2) Zheng, G.; Lu, W.; Jin, S.; Lieber, C. M. AdV. Mater. 2004, 16, 18901893. (3) Cui, Y.; Wei, Q.; Park, H.-Y.; Lieber, C. M. Science 2001, 293, 12891292. (4) Hahm, J.-i.; Lieber, C. M. Nano Lett. 2004, 4, 51-54. (5) Favier, F.; Walter, E. C.; Zach, M. P.; Benter, T.; Penner, R. M. Science 2001, 293, 2227. (6) Huang, X.; El-Sayed, I. H.; Qian, W.; El-Sayed, M. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2115-2120. (7) Wei, Z.; Mieszawska, A. J.; Zamborini, F. P. Langmuir 2004, 20, 43224326. (8) Mieszawska, A. J.; Zamborini, F. P. Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 3415-3420. (9) Mieszawska, A. J.; Slawinski, G. W.; Zamborini, F. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 5622-5623. (10) Mieszawska, A. J.; Jalilian, R.; Sumanasekera, G. U.; Zamborini, F. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10822-10823. (11) Mieszawska, A. J.; Jalilian, R.; Sumanasekera, G. U.; Zamborini, F. P. Small 2007, 3, 722-756.

There are generally three methods for assembling 1D nanostructures on surfaces: lithography, synthesis of 1D structures followed by assembly on surfaces from a solution, and synthesis of 1D structures directly on surfaces from a surface-bound catalyst. The third approach has been commonly used to synthesize semiconductor nanowires (NWs) and carbon nanotubes directly on surfaces by the well-known vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth mechanism;12-15 however, these methods do not work for metal structures. Murphy and co-workers recently developed a solution method for synthesizing 1D metal nanorods (NRs) and NWs from presynthesized metal nanoparticle “seeds”, which act as a catalyst in this process known as seed-mediated growth.16 Because the synthesis occurs by preferential metal reduction on a catalyst particle, the procedure is ideal for synthesizing metal 1D structures directly on surfaces from surface-attached seeds. Taub et al. first described the synthesis of Au nanorods (NRs) directly on surfaces from surface-bound Au nanoparticle seeds,17 followed by our group7-10,18 and others.19,20 We synthesized,7 patterned,8 and aligned9 Au NRs directly on surfaces with control over the average length and AR and also demonstrated the formation of heterojunctions with Au NRs and CNT or GaAs by combining seedmediated growth with vapor-phase synthesis and chemical (12) Lauhon, L. J.; Gudiksen, M. S.; Lieber, C. M. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 2004, 362, 1247-1260. (13) Law, M.; Goldberger, J.; Yang, P. Annu. ReV. Mater. Res. 2004, 34, 83-122. (14) Rao, C. N. R.; Deepak, F. L.; Gundiah, G.; Govindaraj, A. Prog. Solid State Chem. 2003, 31, 5-147. (15) Samuelson, L. Mater. Today 2003, 6, 22-31. (16) Jana, N. R.; Gearheart, L.; Murphy, C. J. J. Phys. Chem. B 2001, 105, 4065-4067. (17) Taub, N.; Krichevski, O.; Markovich, G. J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 11579-11582. (18) Wei, Z.; Zamborini, F. P. Langmuir 2004, 20, 11301-11304. (19) Liao, H.; Hafner, J. H. J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 19276-19280. (20) Shopova, S. I.; Blackledge, C. W.; Rosenberger, A. T.; Materer, N. F. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2006, 89, 023120-1-023120-3.

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assembly.10,11 The general procedure involves attaching presynthesized 3-5-nm-diameter Au seed nanoparticles to a desired substrate and then growing the seeds into larger structures by reducing AuCl4- preferentially on the Au seeds with ascorbic acid in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), which is the same method as that described by Murphy and co-workers for seed-mediated growth in solution16 except that the seed particles are surface-bound instead of in solution. The goal of this work was to extend our procedure for synthesizing Au NRs directly on surfaces to other metals in order to broaden the potential applications for these structures in catalysis and sensing. Here we describe the synthesis of Ag NRs and NWs directly on surfaces using a similar approach to that used for Au. There are several reported approaches to the synthesis of Ag into 1D nanostructures, including UV irradiation,21,22 a surfactant method,23-26 microwave heating,27-29 the polyol process,29-33 and seedless and surfactantless chemical synthesis34 or by using DNA molecules, carbon nanotubes, silica gel, membranes, or mesoporous materials as templates.35-40 Most of these procedures lead to a suspension of nanostructures requiring postsynthesis assembly for application. Postsynthesis assembly is often challenging because of aggregation, uncontrolled placement on surfaces, and the need to remove impurities or side products. Our approach is a simple benchtop chemical method that allows for easy assembly of isolated 1D Ag nanostructures. The direct growth on surfaces is also amenable to patterning,8 alignment,9 the formation of heterojunctions,10,11 and for following the growth process by surface microscopy.18,19 There are a few other examples of Ag NRs or NWs grown directly on surfaces by seed-mediated growth. For example, Aslan et al. recently attached Ag seed particles to amine-coated substrates and studied the metal-enhanced fluorescence of the surfacegrown Ag NRs.41 Lee et al. grew Ag NRs from Ag seeds attached to thiol-coated surfaces, focusing on the effect of Ag seed coverage and reaction time, and they imaged the structures by dark-field microscopy.42 In this report, we study the effect of pH by growing (21) Jiang, X.; Xie, Y.; Lu, J.; Zhu, L.; He, W.; Qian, Y. J. Mater. Chem. 2001, 11, 1775-1777. (22) Zhou, Y.; Yu, S. H.; Wang, C. Y.; Li, X. G.; Zhu, Y. R.; Chen, Z. Y. AdV. Mater. 1999, 11, 850-852. (23) Murphy, C. J.; Sau, T. K.; Gole, A. M.; Orendoff, C. J.; Gao, J.; Gou, L.; Hunyadi, S. E.; Li, T. J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 13857-13870. (24) Jana, N. R.; Gearheart, L.; Murphy, C. J. Chem. Commun. 2001, 617618. (25) Ni, C.; Hassan, P. A.; Kaler, E. W. Langmuir 2005, 21, 3334-3337. (26) Graff, A.; Wagner, D.; Ditlbacher, H.; Kreibig, U. Eur. Phys. J. D 2005, 34, 263-269. (27) Liu, F.-K.; Huang, P.-W.; Chang, Y.-C.; Ko, C.-J.; Ko, F.-H.; Chu, T.-C. J. Cryst. Growth 2005, 273, 439-445. (28) Gou, L.; Chipara, M.; Zaleski, J. M. Chem. Mater. 2007, 19, 1755-1760. (29) Tsuji, M.; Matsumoto, K.; Miyamae, N.; Tsuji, T.; Zhang, X. Cryst. Growth Des. 2007, 7, 311-320. (30) Wiley, B.; Sun, Y.; Mayers, B.; Xia, Y. Chem.sEur. J. 2005, 11, 454463. (31) Sun, Y.; Gates, B.; Mayers, B.; Xia, Y. Nano Lett. 2002, 2, 165-168. (32) Sun, Y.; Xia, Y. Science 2002, 298, 2176-2179. (33) Sun, Y.; Mayers, B.; Herricks, T.; Xia, Y. Nano Lett. 2003, 3, 955-960. (34) Caswell, K. K.; Bender, C. M.; Murphy, C. J. Nano Lett. 2003, 3, 667669. (35) Wei, G.; Zhou, H.; Liu, Z.; Song, Y.; Wang, L.; Sun, L.; Li, Z. J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 8738-8743. (36) Braun, E.; Eichen, Y.; Sivan, U.; Ben-Yoseph, G. Nature 1998, 391, 775-778. (37) Ugarte, D.; Chatelain, A.; deHeer, W. A. Science 1996, 274, 1897-1899. (38) Bhattacharyya, S.; Saha, S. K.; Chakravorty, D. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2000, 77, 3770-3772. (39) Han, Y.-J.; Kim, J. M.; Stucky, G. D. Chem. Mater. 2000, 12, 20682069. (40) Huang, M. H.; Choudrey, A.; Yang, P. Chem. Commun. 2000, 10631064. (41) Aslan, K.; Leonenko, Z.; Lakowicz, J. R.; Geddes, C. D. J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 3157-3162. (42) Lee, K.-H.; Huang, K.-M.; Tseng, W.-L.; Chiu, T.-C.; Lin, Y.-W.; Chang, H.-T. Langmuir 2007, 23, 1435-1442.

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the structures in buffered solutions, growing aligned Ag NRs/ NWs on surfaces, and utilize Ag NRs/NWs as templates for forming other metal structures with desirable catalytic and sensing properties. Other related approaches for Ag NW synthesis directly on surfaces in the literature include the electroless deposition of Ag on a surface-bound DNA network35 or a DNA template assembled across an electrode gap36 and the synthesis of Ag NWs in a thin surfactant solution film.43 The ability to grow Ag 1D nanostructures is important because Ag has higher conductivity, high reflectivity, and is cheaper than Au, which may be important for certain applications. It has also been found to be useful for ammonium sensing44,45 and biosensing46-48 and is easier to oxidize, giving it semiconducting properties that may prove to be more useful in chemical sensing and nanoelectronics applications. Like Au, Ag is useful in plasmonics applications49 and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy,50 but it is also important in catalysis51 and as potential electrical contacts in nanoscale devices.52 An extra benefit is that, unlike Au, Ag can undergo galvanic exchange reactions with Pd or Pt salts to form pure Pd, Pt, PdAg, or PtAg alloy 1D nanostructures,53-59 extending the different types of metal further and opening up the possibility of studying catalysis60-62 and other sensing applications (such as H2 sensing).5,63-65 Experimental Section Chemicals and Materials. Silver nitrate (AgNO3, 99+%), sodium borohydride (NaBH4, 98%), potassium tetrachloropalladate(II) (K2PdCl4, 98%), 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine (99%) (DMAP), and L-ascorbic acid (99.9%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. Hydrogen tetrachloroaureate trihydrate (HAuCl4‚3H2O) was synthesized according to a literature procedure.66 Citric acid, trisodium salt was purchased from Bio-Rad Laboratories. Sodium phosphate dibasic and sodium phosphate tribasic were purchased from Fisher Scientific Company. Platinum potassium chloride (K2PtCl4, 99.9%) was purchased from ROC/RIC (Research Organic/Inorganic Chemical Co). N,N′-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) (99%) was purchased from Fluka. Methylene chloride (99.5%), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2 (43) Krichevski, O.; Tirosh, E.; Markovich, G. Langmuir 2006, 22, 867-870. (44) Murray, B. J.; Li, Q.; Newberg, J. T.; Hemminger, J. C.; Penner, R. M. Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 6611-6618. (45) Murray, B. J.; Newberg, J. T.; Walter, E. C.; Li, Q.; Hemminger, J. C.; Penner, R. M. Anal. Chem. 2005, 77, 5205-5214. (46) Keating, C. D.; Natan, M. J. AdV. Mater. 2003, 15, 451-454. (47) Nicewarner-Pena, S. R.; Freeman, G. R.; Reiss, B. D.; He, L.; Pena, D. J.; Walton, I. D.; Cromer, R.; Keating, C. D.; Natan, M. J. Science 2001, 294, 137-141. (48) Penn, S. G.; He, L.; Natan, M. J. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2003, 7, 609615. (49) Maier, S. A.; Kik, P. G.; Atwater, H. A.; Meltzer, S.; Harel, E.; Koel, B. E.; Requicha, A. A. G. Nat. Mater. 2003, 2, 229-232. (50) Tao, A.; Kim, F.; Hess, C.; Goldberger, J.; He, R.; Sun, Y.; Xia, Y.; Yang, P. Nano Lett. 2003, 3, 1229-1233. (51) Chen, Z.; Gao, Q.; Gao, D.; Wei, Q.; Ruan, M. Mater. Lett. 2005, 60, 1816-1822. (52) Prokes, S. M.; Wang, K. L. MRS Bull. 1999, 24, 13-14. (53) Sun, Y.; Mayers, B. T.; Xia, Y. Nano Lett. 2002, 2, 481-485. (54) Sun, Y.; Mayers, B.; Xia, Y. AdV. Mater. 2003, 15, 641-646. (55) Sun, Y.; Xia, Y. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 3892-3901. (56) Sun, Y.; Tao, Z.; Chen, J.; Herricks, T.; Xia, Y. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 5940-5941. (57) Chen, J.; Willey, B.; McLellan, J.; Xiong, Y.; Li, Z.-Y.; Xia, Y. Nano Lett. 2005, 5, 2058-2062. (58) Sun, Y.; Xia, Y. AdV. Mater. 2004, 16, 264-268. (59) Sun, Y.; Willey, B.; Li, Z.-Y.; Xia, Y. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9399-9406. (60) Liu, F.; Lee, J. Y.; Zhou, W. J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 17959-17963. (61) Liu, F.; Lee, J. Y.; Zhou, W. AdV. Funct. Mater. 2005, 15, 1459-1464. (62) Liu, F.; Lee, J. Y.; Zhou, W. J. Small 2006, 2, 121-128. (63) Iban˜ez, F. J.; Zamborini, F. P. Langmuir 2006, 22, 9789-9796. (64) Walter, E. C.; Favier, F.; Penner, R. M. Anal. Chem. 2002, 74, 15461553. (65) Sun, Y.; Tao, Z.; Chen, J.; Herricks, T.; Xia, Y. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 5940-5941. (66) Block, B. P. Inorg. Synth. 1953, 4, 14-17.

Synthesis, Alignment of SilVer Nanorods, Nanowires 30% solution), and 2-propanol (HPLC grade, 99.99%) were purchased from EMD. Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) was purchased both from Sigma-Aldrich (∼97%) and Fluka (99%). Note that the source of CTAB is important in obtaining 1D nanostructures. Using CTAB purchased from Sigma-Aldrich at the beginning of this project and Fluka resulted in the reproducible synthesis of Ag NRs and NWs. Sigma-Aldrich recently altered their production method for CTAB, and now the use of their product does not produce Ag NRs/NWs. We are currently exploring the reason for this because it may lead to a better understanding of the NR/NW growth mechanism and improvements in yields and dispersity. NANOpure ultrapure water (resistivity of 18 MΩ cm) was used for all aqueous solutions. Preparation of Gold Seed Solution. We used the procedure of Murphy and co-workers to prepare a solution of 3-5-nm-diameter Au nanoparticle (NP) seeds.16,67 A 20 mL aqueous solution containing 2.5 × 10-4 M HAuCl4 and 2.5 × 10-4 M trisodium citrate was prepared in a scintillation vial. Ice-cold 0.1 M NaBH4 solution (0.6 mL) was injected at once into the solution, and it was stirred vigorously for 2 h. The solution changed color from yellow to red immediately after adding NaBH4. The particles in this solution were used as the seed solution in the following section within 2-5 h after preparation. The average particle size was 3-5 nm according to the literature and our previous work.7,16,18,67 Preparation of Silver Growth Solution. CTAB (0.29 g, 8 × 10-4 mol) was dissolved by sonication in 10 mL of a 0.2 M ionic strength phosphate buffer with pH ranging from 7 to 12,68 leading to an ∼0.08 M CTAB solution after adding 0.25 mL of 0.01 M AgNO3 and 0.50 mL of freshly prepared 0.1 M ascorbic acid solutions sequentially. The solution pH values reported in the article are those measured before adding silver nitrate and ascorbic acid. The actual values are slightly lower because of the addition of ascorbic acid. The growth solution remained colorless or a very slight yellow color throughout the whole process of the growth procedure, indicating that the reduction of Ag+ to metallic Ag0 did not occur in solution to a significant extent. Preparation of Glass and Silicon Surfaces for the Growth Procedure. A glass or Si/SiOx substrate was cleaned in 3:1 H2SO4/30% H2O2 (Caution! This solution, known as piranha, reacts Wiolently with organic compounds.), rinsed thoroughly with nanopure water and 2-propanol, and dried under N2. The glass or Si/SiOx was then functionalized by heating for 30 min in a solution containing 10 mL of 2-propanol, 100 µL of mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTMS), and 4 to 5 drops of nanopure water. After thoroughly rinsing with 2-propanol and drying under N2, the [glass or Si/SiOx]/ MPTMS substrate was placed directly in an aqueous solution of Au NP seed for 20 min. The functionalized [glass or Si/SiOx]/MPTMS/ Au NP slide was removed, rinsed with water, dried with N2, and placed in the Ag growth solution immediately after ascorbic acid was added (see previous section) at 28 °C for 30 min. It was removed, rinsed with water, and dried under N2 before analysis. Alignment of AgNRs on the Surface. Aligned Ag NRs/NWs were synthesized directly on Si(100) substrates as described previously.9 The procedure for preparing samples for aligned Ag NRs followed the preparation of the glass or Si/SiOx surface as described earlier, except that aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) was used instead of MPTMS. The substrate was then placed for 4 h into a 10 mL methylene chloride solution containing 10 mM acetic acid, 20 mM dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC), and 20 mM dimethylamino pyridine (DMAP). After the substrate was removed, rinsed with methylene chloride and 2-propanol, and dried under N2, it was placed into Au NP seed solution for 20 min, rinsed with water, dried under N2, and placed into Ag growth solution for 30 min at 28 °C. Galvanic Exchange between Ag and Pt, Pd, and Au Salts. Ag NRs/NWs were prepared as described previously and placed into aqueous solutions of 0.005 M K2PtCl4, K2PdCl4, or HAuCl4 for the exchange of Pt, Pd, and Au, respectively. The samples were monitored (67) Gole, A.; Murphy, C. J. Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 3633-3640. (68) Christian, G. D.; Purdy, W. C. J. Electroanal. Chem. 1962, 3, 363-367.

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by UV-vis spectroscopy with time for 30 min. After the sample was removed at a given time, it was rinsed with nanopure H2O, dried under N2, and characterized by UV-vis spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Au/Pd core/shell NRs were prepared by first synthesizing Au NRs directly on glass or Si/SiOx surfaces according to our previously described procedure.7,8,18 After the surfaces were rinsed with water, Ag was deposited as a shell on the Au NRs by placing the samples into an Ag growth solution at pH 10.6 for 30 min. This step was repeated up to nine times to produce controlled amounts of Ag in the shell as indicated later in the text. Next, the samples were thoroughly rinsed with water and placed into an aqueous solution of 0.005 M K2PdCl4 for 5 min in order to exchange the Ag shell with Pd, leading to Au/Pd core/shell structures directly on the surface. The samples were removed, rinsed with water, and dried under N2 before analysis. Instrumentation. Electron microscopy images were obtained at different magnifications using a Carl Zeiss SMT AG Supra 35VP field-emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) operating at an accelerating voltage of 20.00 kV and using an in-lens ion annular secondary electron detector. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) images were obtained with a Veeco Metrology Multimode Nanoscope IIIA operating in tapping mode. UV-vis spectra were obtained using a Varian Cary 50 Bio UV-visible spectrophotometer. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) data were obtained using a VG Surface Analysis System from Thermo Fisher Scientific. Surface compositional analysis of the samples was performed using Mg KR X-rays (1253.6 eV) and a spectrometer pass energy of 50 meV.

Results and Discussion Effect of pH on the Growth of Ag NRs/NWs. We grew Ag NRs/NWs directly on surfaces using our previously described procedure for Au with a few slight variations.7 The procedure is illustrated in Scheme 1. First, the glass or Si/SiOx was functionalized with 3-MPTMS and Au seed particles as shown in steps 1 and 2, respectively. These two steps are identical to the procedure for growing Au NRs on surfaces. The substrate was then placed into an Ag growth solution for 30 min, which consists of 10 mL of 0.08 M cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) dissolved in 0.2 M ionic strength (pH 7-12) phosphate buffer, 0.25 mL of 0.1 M AgNO3, and 0.5 mL of 0.1 M ascorbic acid. This is similar to the Au NR growth solution except that the CTAB concentration is slightly lower than 0.1 M for Au, the Ag+ concentration is slightly lower than the AuCl4- concentration (0.45 mL of 0.1 M for Au), the ascorbic acid is 10-fold higher (0.05 mL of 0.1 M ascorbic acid for Au), and the time in the growth solution is 30 min for Ag as opposed to 60 min for Au. The other major difference is that we buffered the growth solution

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Figure 1. UV-vis spectra of (A) glass slides coated with Au seed particles that were placed in Ag growth solutions at the indicated pH for 30 min and (B) the corresponding Ag growth solutions. Plots of the absorbance at 380 nm of (C) the glass slides and (D) the growth solutions as a function of pH.

to a pH between 7 and 12 whereas the Au growth solution is not buffered and is generally slightly acidic (pH